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Practice: reflexive verbs

Practise Ukrainian verbs in -ся: the forms вмива́юся, почина́ється and сміє́шся, the past вмива́вся, боя́тися with the genitive, зустріча́тися з, and saying sorry without вибача́юся.

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What you will practise

Conjugate verbs in -ся in the present and past, and use them with the case they need.

Intermediate · 9 questions · fill in the blank and multiple choice

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Question 1 of 9

Put the verb into the present tense.

Я холо́дною водо́ю.

Meaning: I wash my face with cold water.

Word to use: (вмива́тися)

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Grammar

Reflexive verbs

Verbs ending in -ся, how to conjugate them, when -сь is used, and what -ся means, from washing yourself to meeting each other, things starting by themselves and the house being built.

Grammar

Present tense

How Ukrainian verbs change in the present tense, the two groups of endings, three common verbs in full, and where the stress moves.

Grammar

The past tense

How to form the Ukrainian past tense from the infinitive, why it agrees in gender and number instead of person, and where the stress falls.

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